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Synonyms None Introduction Everyone get into a circle. Now put your hands on the shoulder of the person in front of you. Description Simply a shoulder massage exercise. You have to judge the group if anything more involved is appropriate. Encourage the massagees to let the massagers know how they […]

Synonyms Foot soldiers, walkies Introduction This warm-up will get us feeling silly and get the blood moving. Everyone start milling around. Description All the players are milling around and someone suggests a body part to lead with. Everyone move around as if your left foot was leading your body everywhere. […]

Synonyms Statues, f-stop Introduction This is listening warm-up. Everyone start milling about the room. Description Everyone quietly mills about the room. One person will elect to freeze in position unexpectedly. As soon as one notices that someone else has frozen in position they freeze as well. So the effect of […]

Synonyms Aerobics Introduction This is a physical warm-up and ice breaker. One person in front, with two people behind her and three behind them, forming a pyramid. Description This is best done with music, but you can improvise around that. The first person starts to move or dance. The two […]

Synonyms Group gravity, trust game Introduction This is a trust game that requires careful listening skills and quick reactions. It is potentially dangerous so everyone must pay close attention. Let’s start milling about the room. Description Once everyone is milling quietly one of the players chooses to fall. The player […]

Synonyms Name Game, Shriner’s Warm-up Introduction This warm up will help us all get moving, listening and learn a few names. Let’s form a large circle. Description This exercise is complicated to learn. It is started by one person (called person Eh) who randomly picks another person out of the […]

Synonyms Snap Focus Introduction This warm up is to get people listening, responding fast and reacting without thinking. Everyone gets into a large circle. Description One person in the circle picks a random person in circle and claps at them. Sometimes taking a half step into the circle while doing […]

Synonyms Screamers, haunted house, vampyre game Introduction This warm-up builds trust amongst workshoppers and helps break the ice. We need four people on each wall, and everyone else milling about in the center of the room. Description The people on the outside are spotters. Ideally there will be more than […]

Synonyms Elephant, Bunny Bunny Introduction Everyone into a circle with one person in the centre. This warm-up breaks the ice, gets people listening and gets the blood flowing. Description The person in the centre of the circle starts to spin madly. They rapidly count up to ten while spinning around. […]

Synonyms Rock, paper, scissors Introduction This is an exercise used to break the ice, and get everyone in synch. Everyone into a circle. Description There are three things that the players can be. The first is an alien. The alien is signified by making antennae with your fingers and leaning […]